Ruben Cobos, recorder, May 11, 1974
Item — Box: 5, CD: 451A
Scope and Contents
Part I of III. Recording of the New Mexico Folklore Society Conference, Holiday Inn, Cerrillos Road, at Santa Fe. Part I of III. Program flyer in Cobos folder. Begins at 00:15 and ends at 1:12. Introduction (poor recording, volume goes up and down. John Donald Robb is President of the New Mexico Folklore Society in 1974 and is presiding at the conference. Ruben Cobos was the First Vice-President. Introduction of the Mayor of Santa Fe. Conference program for 1974 in Cobos folder).
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Joseph S. Valdez, Alcalde of Santa Fe, Mayor. Begins at 1:13 and ends at 6:27. Lecture (Poor recording, sounds fade out and get louder repeatedly, Santa Fe is the oldest capital of the United States, history of city, there is no key to the city, Mayor welcomes the Folklore Society to Santa Fe, etc.).
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Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert, born 1898, Las Vegas, NM. At the Folklore Society Conference, Santa Fe, May 1974. Begins at 8:45 and ends at 25:45. Lecture (poor to good recording, introduced by Ruben Cobos, she is talking about home remedies, remedios caseros, cures, medicine, health, and how the curandera served her village and surrounding area, the lack of doctors in rural areas and the challenges of travel created the need for curanderas, curanderismo, measles outbreak, small pox outbreak, azafran, aka saffron flower tea for a fever, cotton used to treat sores, whole cloves, pomogranate rind for cancer and ulcers, contra llerba grated and put in water for treating wounds, corriander tea for coughs,chamisa in bathwater to cure malaria or rheumatism, onions, snake weed boiled, strained and added to bathwater for rheumatism, Elderberry flower, leave in water overnight and drink a glass full for bringing down fever, llerba del lobo grind the root and rub it on pains, llerba del manso break the root boil it and make into a tea for bladder problems, llerba de la negrita, grows in the fall in the acequias and empty lots in Santa Fe, has a red flower in the middle, boiled and used for washing hair and making it grow, cedar bark boiled and rubbed on itchy skin, deer blood for heart trouble use it while still warm, camphor for colds, watermelon juice as eye drops for eye infections or inflammation, chaparral weed aka paisano made into a tea to cure cancer, for a hangover grate osha root, place in a glass of whiskey and drink it, chew osha root to cure smoking addiction, goat's milk for tuberculosis, if they do not cure you, they won't kill you). See also CD 353 A.
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Marta Weigle, Professor of Anthropology at UNM, from Santa Fe. At the Folklore Society Conference, May 1974. Begins at 25:47 and ends at 26:20. 1. Introduction (good recording, Dr. Cobos introduces Professor Weigle, she is the editor and author of the book, The Penitentes of the Souithwest; 2. Lecture (fair recording, about Penitente chapters and chapter houses, brief moment of silence at the start of her lecture, recording resumes, volume fades in and out, talks about moradas, references to other authors writing on the topic and important historical figures, noted the Ritch papers, 1878, refer to a casa Morada, Father Chavez said that word morada comes from the verb morar, to reside, recording cuts off abruptly and resumes at 38:17). Weigle continued - at 38:17 and ends at 55:03, more about Penitente moradas, la morada turned into an hogar, home, shows slides with photos of moradas, in the Mora Valley, chapters and chapter houses, abandoned morada in Truchas, Cabezon, Guadalupe, northern Taos County, volume fades in and out, discusses the roles of the Pententes members, women had some unclear roles, mostly to bring food during holy week, in 1891). See also CD 352.
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Anonymous man, no introduction. Begins at 26:21 and ends at 37:55. Lecture (good recording, talking about history of prohibition, whiskey, white mule, Isleta, osha, celery type plant, used in liquor curing and flavoring home brew, volume goes up and down, cuts off abruptly).
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Lisa Null and Pitt Kinsolving, from Connecticut. At the Folklore Society Conference, May 1974. Begins at 55:05 and ends at 71:44, cont. on CD 351 B. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 5:00. 1. Introduction (good recording, introduction of folk singers); 2. Music and Lecture (good to fair recording, volume goes higher and lower, singing and speaking, play various songs, learned as a child, discusses information related to songs, talking about American folk songs and ballads, after 1820, some comments about the Southwest, play banjo, plays version of song A Ranch in Mexico, a New Mexican song, ends abruptly, cont. on CD 351 B).
Dates
- May 11, 1974
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English, Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13 boxes (12.25 cu. ft.)
Creator
- From the Collection: Cobos, Rubén (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu